Analysis of In The Middle Of Dinner
my mother put down her knife and fork,
pulled her wedding ring from its groove,
placing it contemplatively on her middle
finger. So natural was the move,
so tender, I almost didn’t notice.
Five years, she said, five years, once a week,
I wrote a letter to your father. And waited
until time was like ash on my tongue.
Not one letter back, not a single note.
She sighed, smiling, the weight gone. This
prime rib is really tender, isn’t it? she asked.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 10101111 10111010 101100101 11011110 111111101 110101110010 011111111 1110110101 11100111 11110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 345 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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